Total Crime Rate

202.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 202.2 9/10
  • Shoplifting 80.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.7 10/10
  • Public order 18.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.7 7/10
  • Drugs 11.0 9/10
  • Burglary 7.4 7/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Oakes Close area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Sandbach Ettiley Heath and Wheelock , and the 73rd highest crime rate of 1,268 local areas in Cheshire East .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Oakes Close (CW11 4DB) in the last 12 months was 202.2 per 1,000 residents and was 487.8% higher than the Sandbach Ettiley Heath and Wheelock average (34.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -63.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 51.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 250.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Oakes Close (CW11 4DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near George'S Walk (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Oakes Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Union Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Belle Vue Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Flat Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Millpool Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Millpool Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Sunnymill Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sunnymill Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket

Data Sources

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